I really enjoyed this article. I have read various translations of the Gita before but I can’t recall any of them illustrating so poignantly the idea that the two separate armies surrounding Arjuna and Krishna symbolized attachments that helped define Arjuna’s identity-or rather, perhaps his false sense of identity.

I have gotten the idea, though, that the battle of Kurukshetra symbolizes the war we can have within ourselves to overcome our own false egos which seems a daunting war threatening to consume all of us in a world that reinforces the very things that prevent us from advancing spiritually-material attachment, the promotion of sense gratification, etc. Thank goodness for the path of bhakti and Krishna’s mercy which at least gives us a chance of overcoming our false egos and entering into the Absolute truth about reality.

Thank you for this thought provoking article. It is my first time reading one of your articles and I look forward to reading more.